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Jan. 18, 2022
California attorney wins US Senate Committee OK as patent office chief nominee
Four Republican senators said they were satisfied Katherine “Kathi” Vidal, a Winston & Strawn LLP partner in Menlo Park, would protect inventors.
Katherine "Kathi" Vidal's nomination to head the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office sailed through the Senate Judiciary Committee despite some lobbying efforts against her as a Silicon Valley big technology lawyer.
Four Republican senators said they were satisfied the Winston & Strawn LLP partner from the Menlo Park office would continue Andrei Iancu's efforts to protect inventors. The committee approved her nomination 17-5 on Thursday,...
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